3 The ghost's revenge

Chapter 3 The ghost's revenge "There's no need to be scared of ghosts," Mr. Otis told his family the next morning, "but you mustn't throw pillows at them. It's rude. The twins grinned.

“没必要怕鬼，”奥蒂斯先生第二天早上对他的家人说，“但你们不能朝它们扔枕头。 这是不礼貌的。双胞胎笑了。

"We'll have to take those chains off him," said Mrs. Otis, "or we'll never get any sleep." But for the rest of that week there was no sign of the ghost. The twins looked for him everywhere. They wanted to play more tricks on him.

“我们得把他的镣铐解开，”奥蒂斯太太说，“不然我们就睡不着觉了。” 但在那个星期剩下的时间里，幽灵一直没有出现。 那对双胞胎到处找他。 他们想再捉弄他一些。

Fresh blood stains continued to appear each morning. Strangely, each stain was a different shade. The family made guesses as to what shade it would be next. One morning, it was even a brilliant green. When she saw that, Virginia looked cross, though she wouldn't say why.

每天早上都有新的血迹出现。 奇怪的是，每个污点的颜色都不一样。 这家人猜测接下来会是什么颜色。 一天早上，它甚至是一片灿烂的绿色。 弗吉妮娅看到这一点，气得满脸通红，但她没有说原因。

Meanwhile, the ghost was busy plotting his revenge. He spent days looking over his wardrobe, deciding what to wear. Perfect! The ripped sheet and the rusty dagger. He planned to creep to Washington's room and make faces at the boy from the foot of his bed. Then, he would stab himself in the neck three times to the sound of slow music.

与此同时，鬼魂正忙着策划他的复仇。 他花了几天时间仔细检查他的衣柜，决定穿什么。 完美!破床单和生锈的匕首。 他打算爬到华盛顿的房间，站在床脚对他做鬼脸。 然后，他会伴随着缓慢的音乐在自己的脖子上捅三刀。

Sir Simon especially disliked Washington. It was Washington who kept removing the blood stains. Virginia, on the other hand, had never been rude. "I shall only groan at her a few times from her wardrobe," he thought. "As for the twins..." The twins, of course, deserved the worst treatment. He'd get them. He would turn into a skeleton and crawl around their beds, staring at them from one rolling eyeball.

西蒙爵士尤其不喜欢华盛顿。 是华盛顿一直在清除血迹。 另一方面，弗吉妮娅从不粗鲁。 “我只会在她的衣柜里对她哼哼几声，”他想。 “至于那对双胞胎……”当然，这对双胞胎应该受到最恶劣的对待。 他会得到的。他会变成一具骷髅，在他们的床上爬来爬去，用一只滚动的眼球盯着他们。

At half-past ten the family went to bed. For a while Sir Simon heard shrieks of laughter from the twins' room, but at last all was quiet. He crept stealthily into the corridor. An owl beat its wings against the window pane, but the Otis family slept on, peacefully unaware.

十点半全家都上床睡觉了。 有一会儿，西蒙爵士听到双胞胎房间里传来刺耳的笑声，但最后一切都安静下来了。 他蹑手蹑脚地走进走廊。 一只猫头鹰在窗玻璃上拍打着翅膀，但奥蒂斯一家安然入睡，没有意识到这一点。